6 Dr. Mackenzie’s Account of 
face of a half-penny ; and even fmall as this quantity is, 
it gives her fome uneafmefs till fhe voids it : for they 
know all her motions, and when they fee her thus un- 
eafy, they carry her to the door of the houfe, where flic 
makes thefe few drops. Nor have they, in all thefe 
three years, ever difcovered the fmalleft wetting in her 
bed; in proof of which, notwithftanding her being fo 
long bed-ridden, there has never been the leall excoria- 
tion, though lhe never attempts to turn herfelf,or makes 
any motion with hand, head, or foot, but lies like a log 
of wood. Her pulfe to-day, which with fome difficulty 
I felt (her mother at this time having raifed her, and fup- 
ported her in her bed) is cliftinft and regular, flow, and 
to the extreme!! degree fmall. Her countenance is clear 
and pretty frefh, her features not disfigured nor funk; 
her fkin feels natural both as to touch and warmth ; and 
to my aftonifhment, when I came to examine her body, 
for I expecfied to feel a fkeleton, I found her breafts 
round, and prominent, like thofe of a healthy young 
woman; her legs, arms, and thighs, not at all ema- 
ciated; the abdomen fomewhat tumid, and the mufcles 
tenfe; her knees bent, and her ham-firings tight as a 
bow-firing; her heels almoft clofe to the nates. When 
they ftruggle with her, to put a little water within her 
lips, they obferve fometimes a dewy foftnefs on her 
fkin; 
